The Swordswoman's Revenge Story after Rebirth

Chapter 358 Are You Driving Her Away?

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Cristina’s fury flared the moment she heard Arthur being berated. She stepped forward and snapped, “Isolde, mind your tongue! My brother is not someone you can insult at will. He is an official of the imperial court–your words amount to slandering a high–ranking official. Do you wish to be held accountable for such audacity?”

“Accountable?” Isolde’s gaze turned icy as she shifted her eyes to Arthur. “Does he even dare?”

Arthur’s expression darkened. “And why wouldn’t I dare?”

“Very well, go ahead. Report me. Tell His Majesty that I, a noble princess, insulted a mere third–rank official. Let’s see how he judges it,” Isolde said, her tone laced with mockery.

Arthur’s voice turned frigid. “So, you’re simply relying on your power to oppress others?”

“There’s no need to sugarcoat it. I’m not just relying on my power–I’m outright bullying her. And I intend to bully her to the very end.”

“She’s a woman just like you. Why must you make things difficult for her?” Arthur held back his anger.

“Because she is detestable. She is revolting.” Isolde’s disdainful gaze landed on Cristina. “But do you know what’s even more disgusting? You, Arthur.”

Her eyes moved deliberately, locking onto Arthur’s face.

His voice dropped into an icy register. “What exactly are you implying?”

Isolde leaned back into her seat, her expression relaxed yet sharp. “Let me ask you something–was Agnes insufferable?”

“You–this is my family’s private matter. It’s none of your concern,” Arthur replied sullenly.

“Ah, you can’t bring yourself to say it, can you? Or is it simply too difficult to admit?” Isolde’s lips curled into a smirk. “Of course, Agnes was insufferable. She used such extreme measures to help your sister gain favor. Even though you knew she did it for Cristina, you still despised her–saw her as scheming, manipulative, and insufferable, didn’t you? And yet, Cristina–she shamelessly pined for Johnathan…”

mention of that name. “What’s wrong with me liking him?!”

became his concubine, it wouldn’t be a crime. But you spread malicious rumors about Rosemary, threw tantrums when things didn’t go your way, and when Johnathan made it clear he had no interest in you, you turned to Oliver and demanded he take you as his concubine. You expected the very people you trampled underfoot to now place you on a pedestal. And when they refused, you lashed out, cursing your grandmother as a widow–bringer and your grandfather as ill–fated.” Isolde’s voice

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by her relentless accusations. He stood in stunned silence for a long moment before finally forcing out, “You’re lying. You’re slandering her. Cristina would never

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to Cristina. She hesitated before murmuring, “I was just momentarily overwhelmed by anger. Should elders really hold such trivial matters against me?”

someone else so much as stumbles, you seize onto it and refuse to let go until they’re utterly destroyed. Isn’t

nothing compared to me!” Cristina snapped, unwilling to yield.

lips curled into a sneer. “Oh? And what, exactly, makes you superior to

equal? And you? You grew up in an estate like a wild child–what right do you have to lecture me? What right do you have to

of getting angry, Isolde laughed. She turned to Arthur. “Now do you understand why you’re the

shifted. “Women being a little spoiled is

the safety of their family, with their father and brothers doting on them? Perhaps. But Cristina is Oliver’s concubine now, and yet she still dares to proclaim she is above me?” Isolde’s gaze hardened. “If we’re speaking of status, what does she have? I may have grown up in an estate, but my father is a marquis personally granted his title by the King. My mother is the legitimate daughter of a great general. My maternal family is old nobility, and my paternal family is rising power. And Cristina? Besides having a baron for a brother, what else does

speechless, and Cristina found

“If we set aside status and speak of merit–what of her intellect? What of her martial skills? Has she ever written anything of renown? Has she ever achieved anything for the empire? And me? I led the charge against the Wolf Mountain bandits and rescued Lord Theodric. I commanded troops to quell

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sidelines, was left astounded. She had never realized Isolde’s sharp wit and eloquence–how effortlessly she crushed her opponents, first through

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long as Cristina remains in the Valen household, I will find ways to make her suffer. And I mean every word. Not out of jealousy–because, frankly, Oliver

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